Every single article on the “policy change” referred to it as an Executive Order..
“The president of the United States has the responsibility to execute the laws of the United States,” said Hoyer, “and what he has said is — in terms of prosecutorial discretion — that he wants to give these folks under three defined parameters an ability to have a two-year waiver, which could be re-applied for in order for them to continue to go to school and/or to work.”
“I think that’s appropriate, I think [that’s in] the best interest of our country and that’s why the president has taken that action,” said Hoyer. “[And] in terms of prosecutors clearly have discretion in terms of what cases they’re going to bring or not bring and I don’t think anybody questions that under the Constitution.”
Last Friday, President Obama announced that “effective immediately,” without any congressional action, the Department of Homeland Security would “lift the shadow of deportation” from hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens between the ages of 16 and 30 who have been in the United States at least five years and meet other criteria.
I know. And yet you said it would take an act of congress to reverse it?(post 16)